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  • Reading history in the soil

    Jan 28, 2020 8:45 am by Rebecca Barzilai | Illinois State Archaeological SurveyBehind the Scenes
    researcher Rebecca Barzilai maps and collects soil samples from the floor of a religious shrine in Greater Cahokia, an ancient Native American settlement on the Mississippi River in and around present-day St. Louis. Photo by Leslie Drane, the Emerald Acropolis Project

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    Archaeologists are often asked, 'What is the most interesting thing you’ve ever found?' My answer...is not as much about the objects I find as it is about the stories I learn from them.

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